M4 - Student practice clinic 2300-GPTE-M4-SPRC/1
The aim of this course is
• to get students acquainted with the basic notions concerning teaching English to young learners by giving them opportunities to observe lessons taught by experienced mentor teachers in real classroom situations and by exposing them to samples of recorded English lessons;
• to encourage students to avoid overgeneralisations and focus on a particular task by taking notes and completing observation sheets while observing lessons;
• to help students acquire the practical skills of evaluating and giving feedback to the observed lessons and gain confidence in expressing their opinion on the observed lessons;
• to help students understand and reflect upon the teaching and learning processes through numerous lesson observation tasks and in-class discussions as well as reflections contained in blog entries;
• to help students reflect on their own teaching.
Type of course
obligatory courses
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
On completion of the student practice the student:
In terms of knowledge:
- recognizes the techniques (used by the teachers) learnt during methodology courses (K_W03, K_W05),
- knows the rules of proper behaviour during lesson observation (K_W02, K_W05),
- knows the most effective methods and techniques used in teaching English to young learners (K_W03, K_W07),
- knows how to adapt ELT materials to suit his/her learners’ needs and abilities (K_W04, K_W07).
In terms of skills / is able to:
- plan and describe the lesson (K_U01, K_U02),
- organize a lesson in primary school (grades 1-3) (K_U01, K_U02, K_U04, K_U06).
- use various teaching aids in his/her teaching (K_U02, K_U03),
- create new teaching aids to the planned lessons (K_U02, K_U04),
- apply the knowledge gained during the course while working with children in the English lessons (K_U01, K_U02, K_U04),
- reflect on his/her own teaching (K_U03),
- choose and adapt the teaching materials used in the classroom and adjust them to the learners’ needs (K_U04, K_U02),
- observe the lessons, reflect on them and draw conclusions concerning work with children (K_U03).
In terms of social competence / is ready to:
- reflect both on the conducted and observed lessons (K_K01, K_K02),
- give advice to her/his colleagues (K_K04, K_K06),
- appreciate the significance of self-reflection and feedback in the teaching profession (K_K02, K_K01, K_K07),
- create lesson plans independently (K_K01),
- reflect on their own teaching (K_K02, K_K01),
- work under pressure (K_K05, K_K07),
- adjust teaching methods and techniques to various educational contexts (K_K08).
Assessment criteria
To pass the course (and receive a "pass" credit), the student has to:
• Write a blog on their teaching practice
• Comment on others’ posts;
• Provide a Word document with all the entries;
• Attend classes;
• Participate actively in the classes.
Practical placement
90 hours of the teaching practice, including observation, microteaching, preparing a CLIL unit and teaching CLIL lesssons.
Bibliography
Coyle, D., Hood, P., & Marsh, D. (2010). CLIL: Content and language integrated learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Halliwell, S. (1992). Teaching English in the Primary Classroom. Pearson ELT.
Harmer, J. (2012). Essential teacher knowledge. Pearson Longman.
Richards, J.C. & Thomas S.C. Farrell (2011). Practice teaching: a reflective approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Scrivener, J. (2011). Learning Teaching: The Essential Guide to English Language Teaching. Oxford: Macmillan Education.
Wajnryb, R. (1992). Classroom Observation Tasks. UK: Cambridge University Press.
Notes
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